The End is Nigh?
I am sure that some of the 22,000 tablets in the library of the kings of Assyria at Nineveh, and many Ancient Egyptian papyrus scrolls, contained apocalyptic visions. Among the Level 2 catastrophes...
View ArticleQ&A: Who is using my address for spam?
Q I have just been ‘returned’ hundreds of apparently undelivered email messages that I never sent, from Gmail to addresses with my own ISP. Original messages give a Gmail message ID, and instruct the...
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Gatekeeper: its defence against malware
Apple’s products have become more popular with malware authors too. How does Yosemite improve defences against Trojans and other nasties? Since OS X 10.5 Leopard, when you run an installer for an app...
View ArticleAnd For Apple’s Next Trick…
I wrote the following commentary in March 2012, which I reproduce unaltered apart from slight adjustments to paragraph placement. There is something truly magic in the performance art of a magician....
View ArticlePlanned major articles May-July 2015
I am currently planning the following major articles and series for the coming three months: Macs and Technology I am working on a long-term comparison of weather forecasting apps and aids for Macs and...
View ArticleQ&A: Keeper not for keeps
Q Years ago I used MacKeeper, but have not had it installed for a long time. Now running OS X 10.6.8, it has started to haunt me with unwanted pop-up pages. How can I banish it for good? A Recent...
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Book review: The Work of Art, Anthea Callen
“The Work of Art. Plein air Painting and Artistic Identity in Nineteenth-century France” Anthea Callen Reaktion Books, April-May 2015 Hardback, 19.7 x 25.7 cm (7.75 x 10.1 in), 336 pp., £30.00, US$50...
View ArticleWill we Go or Rust?
Despite relatively brief lives, linguist Edward Sapir and his protégé Benjamin Lee Whorf left great ideas that still influence thought about language. The most controversial hypothesis attributed to...
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Q&A: Will Photos import my iPhoto Library?
Q I waited for Yosemite to stabilise before upgrading, and have now made the move. Most apps seems to run fine, except for Photos. I first accidentally converted a small iPhoto Library, which worked...
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Keychain Cops: getting the most out of your keychain
Everywhere that you go you need user names, passwords, and other means of proving your identity. In OS X and iOS these are normally stored in a keychain. Whatever you want to do with your Mac, iPhone,...
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